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A person has died in Senegal of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, a viral disease transmitted by ticks, the health ministry told AFP on Tuesday. A butcher on duty at the Dakar slaughterhouse was declared ill on April 21 and died on April 22, Dr. Boly Diop, coordinator of the fight against Congo fever at the health ministry, told AFP. “It was… Read More

The Kenyan police on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse a delegation of opposition politicians who wanted to visit the president’s office in the capital Nairobi, in a day of anti-government protests without major incident. Elected officials from the opposition Azimio coalition wanted to petition about the “unacceptably high” cost of food, fuel, and electricity. After being denied access to… Read More

The head of the Arab League held talks n Tuesday with a representative of Sudanese military leader General Abdel Fattah Burhan at the organisation’s headquarters in Cairo. Speaking after the meeting, Dafa’alla Al-Haj Ali said that the crisis in his homeland was an “internal matter” and warned against any external interference. “I am talking to you now, and there are… Read More

Pick a portrait of yourself, have the picture hand-carved on a gravestone of your own design — and pay for the monument before you die. That is how a former banker in Zimbabwe, Tafadzwa Machokoto, found an unusual formula for making a hugely successful business. Four years ago, the 35-year-old holder of a computer science degree quit a job with… Read More

The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a seven-day truce starting May 4, in a phone conversation with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, the foreign ministry in Juba said Tuesday, raising hopes of an end to weeks of bloodshed. Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support… Read More

Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths at least 110 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who set up the Good News International Church in 2003 and is accused of inciting followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus”, appeared in the… Read More

Arrests have continued in the French overseas territory of Mayotte as part of Operation “Wuambushu” that has entered its second week. Some 1,800 members of the French security forces — including hundreds from Paris — have been deployed for Operation Wuambushu, which aims to improve living conditions and security for Mayotte locals. The effort to crack down on crime and… Read More

Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday passed an amended version of an anti-LGBT+ law that had sparked outrage from many NGOs and Western governments in which it maintained harsh penalties for same-sex relationships and the “promotion” of homosexuality. Faced with the international outcry, President Yoweri Museveni asked parliamentarians on April 26 to “re-examine” the text, urging them to clarify that “being homosexual”… Read More

A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media. The attacker, who has not been publicly identified, then turned the gun on himself, according to state broadcaster UBC and others. The victim, Charles Engola, served in the government of President Yoweri Museveni as the junior… Read More

When Khartoum residents Ayman Abu Arki and his uncle Hossam stopped answering their phones, their family turned to Facebook. There, a user sent them a photo of a car riddled with bullets, with two bodies inside. On the picture, the license plate number was visible and matched that of the car the men had taken to “go buy water” under… Read More